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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a member of a people inhabiting the northern Malay Peninsula and Malaysia and parts of the western Malay Archipelago;
[syn: Malay, Malayan]


ADJECTIVE (2)

1. of or relating to or characteristic of Malaysia;
- Example: "Malaysian police crack down hard on drug smugglers"
- Example: "Malayan crocodiles"
[syn: Malaysian, Malayan]

2. of or relating to or characteristic of the people or language of Malaysia and the northern Malay Peninsula and parts of the western Malay Archipelago;
- Example: "Malay peoples"
- Example: "Malayan syllable structure"
[syn: Malay, Malayan]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Malay \Ma*lay"\, Malayan \Ma*lay"an\, prop. a.
   Of or pertaining to the Malays or their country. -- n. The
   Malay language.
   [1913 Webster]

   Malay apple (Bot.), a myrtaceous tree (Eugenia
      Malaccensis) common in India; also, its applelike fruit.
      [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Malayan
    adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Malaysia;
           "Malaysian police crack down hard on drug smugglers";
           "Malayan crocodiles" [syn: Malaysian, Malayan]
    2: of or relating to or characteristic of the people or language
       of Malaysia and the northern Malay Peninsula and parts of the
       western Malay Archipelago; "Malay peoples"; "Malayan syllable
       structure" [syn: Malay, Malayan]
    n 1: a member of a people inhabiting the northern Malay
         Peninsula and Malaysia and parts of the western Malay
         Archipelago [syn: Malay, Malayan]